transforming-student-learning

Activity: A traditional project SAMR-ized!

Activity: Article Jigsaw

Part 1:
In your table group: what are the key learnings you can take away from this article

Table Group	Article(s)
1	How and Why to Teach Innovation in Our Schools 10 ways to teach innovation
2	If Robots Will Run the World, What Should Students Learn? How can teachers prepare kids for a connected world?
3	Yes, You Can Teach & Assess Creativity Can You Learn to Be Creative? Learning from Creative Teachers Why Creativity in the Classroom Matters More Than Ever Creativity Takes Time
4	Fun Failure: How to Make Learning Irresistible Why Learning Should Be Messy
5	How to Use Design Thinking in Class: Step by Step Teaching Empathy through Design Thinking
6	4 Ways to Encourage a Growth Mindset in the Classroom How to normalize mistake making and failure in class
7	Do students need to learn lower-level factual and procedural knowledge before they can do higher-order thinking? Interactive graphic from Iowa State University on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy Blooms Digital Taxonomy (extensive resource, do not try to read all of this now) Changes to Blooms (infographic)
8	7 Top Futurists Make Some Pretty Surprising Predictions About What the Next Decade Will Bring The Year in Education: 7 Ways Educators are Changing the Way the World Learns 5 Research Driven Trends At Work in the Classroom
9	What is Heutagogy? 5 Heutagogical Tips to Empower Lifelong Learners Online A primer on the 3 "gogies" - Heutagogy, Pedagogy, Andragogy Chart comparing Heutagogy, Pedagogy, Andragogy (from here)

Part 2:
In mixed groups: Connect Extend Challenge
Connect: how do the ideas from these articles connect to SAMR/TPACK?
Extend: In what ways did the articles extend your thinking?
Challenge: what challenges or questions do you still have?

Discuss: What can you do in your classroom to create a culture of innovation and creativity while using SAMR & TPACK - what are the essential elements to support student creativity and innovation? Please feel free to just discuss, or add them to this padlet here - we will continue to refer back to this list during the workshop

Session 2